I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"..."

A cold voice sounded, and then silence fell again, leaving only the sound of footsteps.

"Is this, like this?"

"Hmm. Does Mr. Hirakawa agree with this reason?"

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked a little bad and was quiet for a moment.

Afterwards, he forced a smile.

"That's right. I'm justified to be disappointed."

"Can I quit the wind band then?"

"…Although, this is Shinohara-san's wish. But, in fact, I still want to persuade Shinohara-san to stay in the wind orchestra."

"Huh? Why?" asked Shiori Shinohara.

"because……"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa hesitated for a moment, then said with a hint of bitterness.

"If that's the only reason, there's no need for Shinohara-san to quit the brass band."

"..."

"Okay, this...you'll know later, um."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at the school gate approaching him and was somewhat afraid to look at Shinohara Shiori again.

He left the girl and walked out with heavy steps.

"..."

This time, Shinohara Shiori stayed behind.

"If that's the only reason..."

She stood there, looking at the teacher's back as he walked away, looking a little lonely.

She suddenly remembered the news that Amamiya Ye told her this afternoon, news that she totally didn't believe and sneered at.

"..."

Her heart suddenly sank.

Chapter 242: School Festival before Resignation (Part )

On November 11, the Moriya School Festival began in a high-spirited atmosphere.

When Tetsufumi Hirakawa arrived at school in the morning, he could clearly feel the lively youthful atmosphere all the way from the time he entered the school gate to his office.

Students are making final preparations, decorating classrooms, setting up stalls, advertising... and so on.

The sports field was covered with various stalls, and the teaching building was covered with various hand-painted decorations. Students were coming and going, some were chatting with their friends, looking around, and some were busy with various affairs. For example, in Tetsufumi Hirakawa's class, several students who were responsible for opening a fried noodle shop were busy preparing various ingredients.

"Hello, Mr. Pingchuan!"

When he took a detour and passed by the classroom entrance, Tetsufumi Hirakawa received enthusiastic greetings from the students in the class.

"Hello, everyone."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked around the classroom.

"How are you preparing?"

"completely fine."

The girl wearing the chef's hat shouted in a low but spirited voice.

"Well, come on."

"I will supervise Kika and make sure no one gets food poisoning. Don't worry, Mr. Hirakawa." Another girl next to her smiled and patted her chest to make the assurance.

But the content of the guarantee is really...

"I won't get food poisoning!" Ji Xiang glared at him, "I've been practicing for so long, I've become completely proficient."

After practicing for so long... Does that mean it was possible that you had food poisoning?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa blinked his eyes and looked at the two people who started fighting. After a moment, he smiled, shook his head, and walked out of the door.

This is the school festival. Even students who are usually very quiet will be driven by the atmosphere and become excited.

As for those students who are usually very active, they begin to let go of themselves on this day.

In the neighboring class B, a girl with weird makeup ran out from the closed classroom - the haunted house that had not been fully transformed.

The girl, with half of her face covered in blood and a miserable look on her face, stretched out her hand and suddenly stopped another girl in the corridor, and pressed her face, covered in red blood, against her.

"Are you the one who killed me?" The voice was vague and mysterious.

"..."

So, the moment this girl, who was playing with her phone, raised her head——

"..."

"..."

“Eh——?!

"

He was stunned for a moment and then turned pale with fright when the ghost suddenly appeared.

Then, when he saw the ghost that scared the girl, he burst into laughter.

"Feng, you are so timid."

The ghostly atmosphere was suddenly broken by laughter.

"…You are…Reiko?"

After coming to her senses, the girl stared at the "ghost" in front of her whose face was covered in blood but who was smiling happily, and asked cautiously.

"if not?"

"——I hate it so much!" After seeing through it, he suddenly became angry and slapped the ghost's shoulder.

The ghost covered the place where he was patted and was still smiling.

"How is it? How about this makeup?"

"It's a little scary."

"It's scary, that's right."

"Reiko! Where have you been!" Just as the man and the ghost were still chatting, in Class B, a girl suddenly opened the door and ran out angrily.

As soon as I came out, I saw Reiko Tsurumi looking back in a daze, her face covered in blood.

The girl walked forward with a makeup brush in her hand, shouting in dissatisfaction.

"You haven't even finished putting on your makeup yet, why are you running away? Didn't I tell you to wait for a moment? I was going to get something, and when I turned around you were gone."

"Hehe." Tsurumi Reiko stuck out her tongue, as if trying to act cute and move over. "I just want to try out my makeup."

However, the girl holding the makeup brush's expression suddenly changed when she saw her like this.

"Don't make that expression now... It's a bit... that..."

"...Oh." Tsurumi Reiko put away her tongue.

Although the plan to act cute failed, Hu achieved his goal.

"Okay, okay, follow me in—"

The girl holding the makeup brush walked forward and tried to grab Tsurumi Reiko back, but stopped halfway.

She spotted Tetsufumi Hirakawa standing aside and watching the show.

"Hey, Mr. Hirakawa?"

The other person and the ghost also turned around following the sound.

"Oh - Hello, Teacher Pingchuan!" Ghost classmate's greeting that followed was very energetic.

"...Hello, Teacher Hirakawa." Sanqiu Feng, who had been frightened before, felt as if she had seen a ghost again. She was startled by Hirakawa Tetsuwen who suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Hello." Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was watching the show with great interest, greeted them when he saw that they saw him.

Then, she glanced at Tsurumi Reiko's makeup, then looked at the girl holding the makeup brush and nodded affirmatively.

"Tsukumura-san, your makeup is great."

"It's, it's okay." Shucun replied a little embarrassedly.

Tsurumi Reiko became proud.

"Yes, it's great. It scared Feng right away."

Users gave it five-star praise.

When the experimental subject, Sanqiu Feng, heard this, he lowered his head and poked her with his elbow.

Seeing them like this, Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled again.

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. I'll leave first."

"Uh-huh."

"Goodbye, Mr. Hirakawa."

"goodbye teacher."

The three girls said goodbye to him one after another.

However, after walking a few steps, Tetsufumi Hirakawa heard Reiko Tsurumi saying something behind him.

"That's right, Mr. Hirakawa——"

"what happened?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi turned around and paused.

She raised her hand and invited Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

“Are you planning on visiting our haunted house today?”

"This one……"

"If possible, I suggest that we come with our teacher Hisada. The haunted house is a place of love--hmm."

The student, who was perhaps bolder because of the makeup on, tried to tease Hirakawa Tetsufumi and Hisata halfway through his words, but was covered by the mouth by Tsukumura who was holding a makeup brush next to him, and the extra words were blocked.

The brush head of the makeup brush poked into Reiko Tsurumi's face.

"Teacher Pingchuan, we welcome you to come and experience the haunted house." Shucun omitted the unnecessary words and invited seriously.

"Well--"

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at Reiko Tsurumi who had her mouth gagged and couldn't help laughing.

"Okay okay."

After agreeing and leaving, he heard Reiko Tsurumi, whose mouth was covered behind him, seemed to have finally been untied, and she started shouting again without any hesitation.

"You must come with Hisada-sensei—uh!"

Shucun, who had just let go of her mouth, suddenly covered her mouth again.

"That's enough, that's enough! Be careful or Mr. Pingchuan will ask you to recite the text next time in class."

"Well--"

"..."

As he walked away, Tetsufumi Hirakawa listened to the noise gradually fading away behind him, feeling a little amused and helpless.

This is the school festival, the most lively event for students. Every student becomes more lively because of this atmosphere.